Watched the penultimate performance of Elektra in Brighton this afternoon, before it transfers to the West End. Dense dialogue compensates for the short running time and an abrupt ending, yet the play is undermined by needless and nonsensical gimmicks (effect pedals, a random blimp, ink guns). Larson gave a forceful performance though, and was an absolute pro dealing with a mid-performance interruption (a cup fell from an upper circle).

Before the new year gets into full swing, time to recap the year gone by.

Another year of counting things.

230 lines and branches, 89 railway companies, 966 towns and cities, 118 counties and regions. And counting.

Went to Lewes Depot this evening to watch a screening of Point Break (1991). Definitely one to file under ‘so bad it’s good’, with plenty of pithy one-liners to share for years to come.

Feeling quite proud of myself for getting my broken microwave repaired instead of mindlessly taking it to the dump and buying a new one. Only cost £45 to replace a blown capacitor.

Just received my first visual voicemail, 17 years after it was announced as a key feature of the first iPhone. 🤯

Prompted by their latest greenwashing campaign, only now twigged that Esso is the phonetic pronunciation of S.O. for Standard Oil. I prefer Jayesso, Just Stop Oil.

Binged the first season of Rivals sorry, not sorry.

♫ Is This Love? by Alison Moyet

Read an article in the Guardian only to have this ear worm firmly lodged.

Kinda wild watching a person sat on the train next to me using Twitter, and then posting an emotive, implicitly pro-Elon reply. Anyway, curiosity got the better of me and I logged in for the first time in ages; the site is unrecognisable, overflowing with spammy ads and pornography, with a user base of boiled frogs digging ever deeper trenches in one man’s manufactured culture war. It’s all very sad, bizarre and dare I say it, weird.

Earlier this year, I was captivated by this brightly coloured wall outside Düsseldorf Kunstsammlung K20. The artist? Sarah Morris. How beautifully circuitous.

How should September be abbreviated?

• Firefox: Sept
• Chrome: Sept
• Node.js: Sept
• Deno: Sept
• Safari: Sep 👀

This is for en-GB, en-IE, en-AU and en-NZ locales (maybe more); for other English locales, everyone agrees it should be Sep. Standards!

If I were paying more attention – and had planned any part of this trip – I would’ve known that today is the opening day of the exhibition, and that she was there to give a talk about her work. Free admission, too.

Nevermind, today I discovered an artist whose work is right up my Straße, possibly inspiring a new side-project. Bought the exhibition catalogue as eager to dig deeper and learn more.

At Stuttgart Kunstmuseum to see the Sarah Morris exhibition All Systems Fail, and saw actual Sarah Morris. 🤩

15 years on from my original post, an update on how I name my devices.

How to build a place on the web where you can own your identity, control your content and create whatever the hell you like.

Thank you, Gareth – for everything.

HOW THE FUCK ARE WE IN THE FINAL!!!? YEEEAHHHHH!!! 🦁🦁🦁

It seems as though England have remembered they are playing the beautiful game. Promising first half! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I’ll be presenting a beginner’s guide to the IndieWeb.

GET IN THERE LEWIS!

Never mind loveless landslides, England are practicing ponderous progression. Amazing! Unbelievable! How are we still in Euro 2024!? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Voted.

hey guys (in Brighton Pavilion)

England are into the quarter finals of Euro 2024, and I have no idea how.